Classical Music Discoveries

INNOCENCE AND ILLICIT PASSION

April 6, 2022 • 7:30 pm

Sarasota Opera House
Single concert ticket $50 | Purchase here or by calling the Sarasota Opera box office at 941-328-1300.

Pre-concert talk with Robert Sherman at 6:45 pm

The 15-year-old Mozart celebrated the completion of his second set of string quartets by composing his sunny first viola quintet. One hundred years later, Franck created his piano quintet, secretly dedicated to his young lover. Is passion audible?

~ Wolfgang Mozart, String Quintet in Bb Major, K.174
~ Bernhard Romberg, Sonata in E Minor for Violoncello, Viola, and Bass, Op. 38 no. 1
~ César Franck, Piano Quintet in F Minor

Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Benny Kim, violin; Daniel Avshalomov, viola; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Christine J. Lee, cello; Dee Moses, double bass; Wu Han, piano

Students from Booker High School will share their music in the Sarasota Opera House courtyard from 7:00-7:25 pm.